Update Feb 2025
So here we are approx 4 months on… money wise not far off €10k spent on getting the house up to liveable/sellable state… to be fair any property of this age would have required some investment but fixing literally every light switch smashed and most sockets over and above. Anyhow aside from the money the sheer work of physically clearing mountains of belongings both indoor and outdoor casually discarded has been monumental. But end almost in sight and all going well be on the market within next couple of months.
Part of me tempted to retain and let eldest move in but think at this stage just going to sell…. We will make significant profit that makes early retirement or at least a step back from high stress albeit well paid professions a realistic possibility. Interesting that watching rte and discussion on housing crisis and while change to landlord rights not sole solution my own experience of being a landlord has been eye opening. Again not anti tenant and no doubt a lot of positive experiences but my lesson is learned and glad to be at the end of what has been a challenging journey to say the least!!!
So here we are approx 4 months on… money wise not far off €10k spent on getting the house up to liveable/sellable state… to be fair any property of this age would have required some investment but fixing literally every light switch smashed and most sockets over and above. Anyhow aside from the money the sheer work of physically clearing mountains of belongings both indoor and outdoor casually discarded has been monumental. But end almost in sight and all going well be on the market within next couple of months.
Part of me tempted to retain and let eldest move in but think at this stage just going to sell…. We will make significant profit that makes early retirement or at least a step back from high stress albeit well paid professions a realistic possibility. Interesting that watching rte and discussion on housing crisis and while change to landlord rights not sole solution my own experience of being a landlord has been eye opening. Again not anti tenant and no doubt a lot of positive experiences but my lesson is learned and glad to be at the end of what has been a challenging journey to say the least!!!